{"id":72608,"date":"2025-05-01T10:50:19","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T05:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=72608"},"modified":"2025-05-01T11:39:50","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T06:39:50","slug":"labour-day-being-observed-in-pakistan-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/labour-day-being-observed-in-pakistan-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Labour Day being observed in Pakistan today"},"content":{"rendered":"

ISLAMABAD: Today, on May 1, 2025, Pakistan celebrates<\/span> Labour Day<\/a>, observing<\/span> a public holiday designed<\/span> to<\/span> celebrate<\/span> workers’ rights and<\/span> their<\/span> contributions<\/span> to<\/span> society<\/span>. The theme of this year’s Labour Day is \u2018Social justice and decent work. Safety and health of workers.<\/p>\n

The<\/span> significance<\/span> of<\/span> this<\/span> day is reinforced<\/span> with<\/span> many<\/span> events and activities across the country, to<\/span> reflect<\/span> the importance of labor rights and workers’ welfare.<\/p>\n

Labor unions and several<\/span> worker organizations will<\/span> engage<\/span> in<\/span> seminars, rallies, and processions in<\/span> a<\/span> show<\/span> of<\/span> solidarity and invite<\/span> dialogue<\/span> about<\/span> workers’ rights.<\/p>\n

These events typically<\/span> focus on demanding better wages, benefits, and labor rights, while<\/span> putting<\/span> the plight<\/span> of<\/span> workers<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> general<\/span> sense<\/span> in<\/span> Pakistan<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> spotlight<\/span>,<\/span> and<\/span> taking<\/span> them<\/span> this<\/span> opportunity<\/span> to<\/span> demonstrate<\/span> their<\/span> clashes<\/span> with<\/span> the<\/span> government<\/span>(<\/span>s<\/span>)<\/span> and the<\/span> challenges they<\/span> have<\/span> faced in<\/span> the<\/span> last<\/span> few<\/span> years<\/span> in general<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Pakistani<\/span> citizenship<\/span>,<\/span> as<\/span> an<\/span> International Labour Organization<\/a> (ILO) Member,<\/span> has ratified conventions, including the<\/span> core conventions to uphold<\/span> workers’ rights and ensure<\/span> decent<\/span> labor practices.<\/span> Their<\/span> first labor policy in 1972 established<\/span> May 1 as<\/span> a<\/span> public<\/span> holiday and established social security and welfare funds.<\/p>\n

As<\/span> workers<\/span> across<\/span> the<\/span> country<\/span> celebrate<\/span>;<\/span> citizens join<\/span> in<\/span> this<\/span> recognition<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> part<\/span> workers play in their<\/span> society<\/span> and their<\/span> economy<\/span>,<\/span> many<\/span> will<\/span> opt<\/span> to work on this special<\/span> day (<\/span>usually<\/span> for<\/span> extra<\/span> pay<\/span>)<\/span>, while<\/span> others observe<\/span> the<\/span> day<\/span> and<\/span> take<\/span> their<\/span> rightful<\/span> best<\/span> whenever<\/span> possible<\/span>, to<\/span> reflect<\/span> and<\/span> consider<\/span> their<\/span> progress<\/span>,<\/span> and what<\/span> remains<\/span> to<\/span> be<\/span> done<\/span> in the<\/span> future<\/span> in<\/span> developing<\/span> workers rights and welfare.<\/p>\n

Prime Minister’s Message on Labour Day<\/h2>\n

Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif reaffirmed Pakistan\u2019s unwavering commitment to creating<\/span> safe, healthy, and dignified conditions for its workers,<\/span> who<\/span> are<\/span> the<\/span> true<\/span> engine<\/span> of<\/span> growth and resilience in<\/span> our<\/span> country<\/span>.<\/p>\n

The prime<\/span> minister<\/span> stated<\/span> that<\/span> the<\/span> protection of fundamental labor rights is guaranteed<\/span> in our Constitution and complies<\/span> with the ILO<\/span>\u2019s core conventions, which Pakistan is a responsible signer<\/span> of<\/span>,<\/span> in his message marking<\/span> Labour Day.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>I<\/span> am<\/span> proud<\/span> to<\/span> say<\/span> that<\/span> Pakistan has<\/span> made<\/span> considerable<\/span> legislative and administrative changes<\/span> to further entrench<\/span> workers\u2019 protections,<\/span> and<\/span> created<\/span> even<\/span> more<\/span> support<\/span> for<\/span> the<\/span> occupier<\/span> health<\/span> and<\/span> safety<\/span> over<\/span> the<\/span> past<\/span> few<\/span> years<\/span>. We have ratified significant<\/span> international labour conventions, like<\/span> the 2014 Protocol to the Forced Labour Convention and the Maritime Labour Convention, and we<\/span> have<\/span> advanced<\/span> these<\/span> commitments<\/span> with<\/span> new commitments on occupational safety and health.<\/p>\n

\u201d He emphasized<\/span> how,<\/span> for the first time, no<\/span> worker in Pakistan lacks<\/span> a National Occupational Safety and Health Profile, which<\/span> will<\/span> facilitate<\/span> safer, healthier workplaces nationally<\/span>.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur government has taken significant<\/span> steps to expand<\/span> these<\/span> important<\/span> institutions like<\/span> the Employees\u2019 Old-Age Benefits Institution (EOBI) and the Workers Welfare Fund (WWF), so<\/span> that workers<\/span> receive<\/span> an<\/span> abundance<\/span> of workers<\/span>\u2019<\/span> protections<\/span>.<\/span>\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ISLAMABAD: Today, on May 1, 2025, Pakistan celebrates Labour Day, observing a public holiday designed to celebrate workers’ rights and their contributions to society. The theme of this year’s Labour Day is \u2018Social justice and decent work. Safety and health of workers. The significance of this day is reinforced with many events and activities across […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":68535,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[28315,28314],"class_list":["post-72608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-international-labour-organization","tag-labor-day-in-pakistan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72608"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72621,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72608\/revisions\/72621"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}